English

anight

From a- + night.

Formed from a- + night

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts ‘night’

Proto-Germanic *nahts ‘night’

Proto-West Germanic *naht ‘night’

Old English niht ‘night’

Middle English nighte

English night

Today it means

adv In the night-time, at night.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.